Angelina Besignano, 86

Angelina (Angie) Besignano, 86, a lifelong Dongan Hills resident and retired office manager, died Tuesday in the Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Dongan Hills, where she had resided for the past year.

A graduate of McKee High School, Ms. Besignano began her career as a telephone operator for New York Telephone Co., first in Staten Island, and later in Manhattan where she was an office manager. She retired in the 1980s after a career of about 30 years.

Family photoAngelina Besignano, 2000

Ms. Besignano loved to travel the world, and particularly enjoyed her visits to Russia and Italy.

She was a member of the New Dorp Beach Friendship Club, and the New Dorp AARP.

Ms. Besignano enjoyed spending time with her many nieces and nephews.

She was a parishioner of St. Ann’s R.C. Church, Dongan Hills.

Surviving are a brother, Joseph P. Besignano, and a sister, Lucy Lasiw.

The funeral will be tomorrow from the Virginia Funeral Chapel, Dongan Hills, with a mass at 10 a.m. in St. Ann’s Church. Burial will follow in St. Peter’s Cemetery, West Brighton.